There seems to be an overwhelming volume of bad news and tragic events bombarding us everyday in the news now from all over the world. it is almost unbearable to attempt to keep up with international news. But I notice that on CNN and other news sources that they slip in these really silly innocuous lifestyle stories like “wonder dog loves to skateboard” or ‘Japanese go crazy for oil painting monkey.” So right below “Second American beheaded in Iraq” or “Over one-thousand slaughtered in Sudan over weekend” we learn that “Mr. Jed Smothers of Omaha, Nebraska grew the world’s largest rutabaga.” What I wonder is if there is a deliberate motivation on the part of the news teams to throw that stuff in there in an attempt to help soften all the tragedy lately. Or is it just random craziness that is being a human in the world today?